For my preliminary task, we were shooting in the film studio because we thought the set layout would be more suitable for our ideas than the other choices of location. This worked really well because I felt it would get us used to filming in the studio, as we will be using the space for our thrillers in January. At the beginning of the task, I was quite intimidated by the set and camera and stayed in the background for a bit. As time went on I got more and more confident with using the camera and directing the actors. We were asked to bubble the camera which is when you have to check that the bubble was inside the circle on the side of them camera. We also learnt about the 180 degree rule and saw what the consequences were of not getting it right. We happened to choose are actors (Lotti and Alex) because they were free in the time we were filming and they both do theatre, so we seized the opportunity. When we gave them the storyboard it took them a couple of takes to learn it but they got there in the end and we tried to work with them in making them feel as comfortable as possible in their roles. It was appreciated that it was really short notice. The storyboard changed a bit and a bit of improvisation was added to make ours more unique, but I think it worked well. We didn’t need many props and just used the ones that were around at the time, (telephone). The lighting was also fairly basic as we didn’t see the need to make use a lot. Overall, I was quite happy with the way the shoot went and I defiantly think I can use the camera with more confidence then I had before.
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